I recently purchased an almost NIB cobalt raq 3i, which was apparently kept in storage as a back-up.

The machine looks great. I replaced the battery and it booted right up. Unfortunately, the machine was already configured. I thought of re-installing the OS, but copies of the OS are nowhere to be found. Any ideas how to get it back into working order?

I am afraid not. There is a small hole in the front that accepts a bent paperclip to reset the admin password. The raq2 manual has some screen-shots of the server management interface that might help to access the server settings.

Although support was dropped a long time ago, it's hard to believe that there is not a single copy of the installation CD's to be found on the internet. After all, Sun provided them free of charge, while it lasted.

twix wrote:I am afraid not. There is a small hole in the front that accepts a bent paperclip to reset the admin password. The raq2 manual has some screen-shots of the server management interface that might help to access the server settings.

Although support was dropped a long time ago, it's hard to believe that there is not a single copy of the installation CD's to be found on the internet. After all, Sun provided them free of charge, while it lasted.

I think I have some.[Edit... Sorry, I do have a folder called Cobalt-Server with a load of PDFs etc but nothing opens]

Likewise, I mirrored a couple of ftp sites holding many cobalt ISOs and packages (tens of Gb). I should still have them on an external HD somewhere.If you know the name of what ISO you are looking for, and Titox doesn't have it, send me a PM.

Problem already solved. Used a HP E-PC computer that has a supported network card and did a net re-install. The Raq3 now works. The cool part is looking at the system messages as the system installs and configures:

Next is some memory and maybe a second disk for raid, then on to try to make some simple websites.